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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the Gr. Ch., a book containing a collection of anecdotes and apothegms or sayings of ancient anchorites and monastic fathers.

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  • You have to prepare for prayer. Read a bit of the Gospel or the Gerontikon and then pray. It requires an attempt to take the mind to the divine space.

    -Elder Paisios the Athonite (1924-1994)

    March 21, 2010